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Driver Texted Before Crash Killing Trooper
Dec 9, 2015 -- The driver who killed an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper in January had been texting back and forth with a woman he'd met on the Internet and was on his way to see a different woman he'd met online, an investigation found.

The driver, Steven Wayne Clark, said Tuesday he doesn't remember the Jan. 31 wreck on Interstate 40 so he doesn't know exactly why it happened. However, he told an investigator he may have been punching the address of the second woman into his cellphone to get directions. His daughter was in the back seat of his Honda Civic at the time of the crash. Details of the wreck emerged for the first time at a sentencing hearing for Clark, 30, of Cushing, who pleaded guilty in August to first-degree manslaughter. Seminole County District Judge George W. Butner is deciding the punishment. The judge said he will announce the sentence Dec. 17 after reviewing evidence that includes a video recording of the crash.

Steven Clark, left, and Trooper Nicholas Dees​

Clark struck two troopers with his car at 10:16 p.m. Jan. 31 on Interstate 40. The troopers, Keith Burch and Nicholas Dees, were investigating a traffic accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer rig. Dees, 30, died at the scene and Burch was seriously injured. The tragedy led to passage of the law that specifically bans texting while driving. The law went into effect Nov. 1. Clark has spent most of the year in jail since he was charged. He is seeking to be released on probation so he can educate others about the dangers of distracted driving. He apologized Tuesday to Dees' family. Prosecutors want him sentenced to 20 years in prison. The trooper's widow, Brandi Dees, asked the judge to sentence Clark to the ultimate -- life in prison.

Brandi Dees described how her two daughters -- who were 8 and 2 when their father died -- have suffered from panic attacks and separation anxiety. "Every little girl needs her father," she said. After the hearing, Nicholas Dees' mother, Shelley Russell, told reporters, "Anything less than life is unacceptable to me." She also said, "I'm a Christian. I'm working hard to forgive him, but, right now, I can't." Clark's defense attorney, Rob Pyron, asked for leniency, saying, "We've all been distracted drivers. Thank God we didn't all kill people. He also said Clark has lived a law-abiding life, except for a fleeting moment on a rainy, dark night last January. Prosecutor Paul Smith disagreed with that characterization, saying Clark had made reckless driving part of his lifestyle.

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Photo of Officer With Dying Horse Goes Viral
Dec 9, 2015 -- A Houston Police Department horse that was spooked by traffic noise died after being hit by a moving cement truck last Thursday in Houston.

Charlotte, a 6-year-old Tennessee Walker ridden by Officer D. Herrejon, was southbound in the center lane of Fannin near Congress at about 10:15 a.m. when a noise from behind startled her, Silva said. The horse turned to the side and backed into the front grill of a passing concrete truck in the next lane, she said.
"Her back legs were severely injured and she was put to sleep at the scene," Silva said.

Houston Police Officer D. Herrejon comforted the horse named Charlotte after she was struck by a moving cement truck last Thursday.​

In the days following Charlotte's death, a photo of an HPD officer embracing the dying horse has gone viral. A Houston Police spokesperson said the department is aware of the photo, but only knew that it was taken by a bystander. The officer embracing Charlotte was not Officer Herrejon, according to police, but rather his partner, as Herrejon had been taken to St. Joseph Hospital as a precaution.

After coming to the department untrained from Oklahoma, Charlotte spent four years with the mounted patrol. Of the department's 38 horses, 32 are assigned to patrol duty. The others are either unassigned or in training, Silva said. In a Facebook post announcing the horse's death, HPD said, "She loved her job and was always ready to go to work putting bad guys in jail or giving nuzzles to children."

Photo of Houston Officer With Dying Horse Goes Viral | Officer.com

 

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Leave the phone at home...

Driver Texted Before Crash Killing Trooper
Dec 9, 2015 -- The driver who killed an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper in January had been texting back and forth with a woman he'd met on the Internet and was on his way to see a different woman he'd met online, an investigation found.

The driver, Steven Wayne Clark, said Tuesday he doesn't remember the Jan. 31 wreck on Interstate 40 so he doesn't know exactly why it happened. However, he told an investigator he may have been punching the address of the second woman into his cellphone to get directions. His daughter was in the back seat of his Honda Civic at the time of the crash. Details of the wreck emerged for the first time at a sentencing hearing for Clark, 30, of Cushing, who pleaded guilty in August to first-degree manslaughter. Seminole County District Judge George W. Butner is deciding the punishment. The judge said he will announce the sentence Dec. 17 after reviewing evidence that includes a video recording of the crash.

Steven Clark, left, and Trooper Nicholas Dees​

Clark struck two troopers with his car at 10:16 p.m. Jan. 31 on Interstate 40. The troopers, Keith Burch and Nicholas Dees, were investigating a traffic accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer rig. Dees, 30, died at the scene and Burch was seriously injured. The tragedy led to passage of the law that specifically bans texting while driving. The law went into effect Nov. 1. Clark has spent most of the year in jail since he was charged. He is seeking to be released on probation so he can educate others about the dangers of distracted driving. He apologized Tuesday to Dees' family. Prosecutors want him sentenced to 20 years in prison. The trooper's widow, Brandi Dees, asked the judge to sentence Clark to the ultimate -- life in prison.

Brandi Dees described how her two daughters -- who were 8 and 2 when their father died -- have suffered from panic attacks and separation anxiety. "Every little girl needs her father," she said. After the hearing, Nicholas Dees' mother, Shelley Russell, told reporters, "Anything less than life is unacceptable to me." She also said, "I'm a Christian. I'm working hard to forgive him, but, right now, I can't." Clark's defense attorney, Rob Pyron, asked for leniency, saying, "We've all been distracted drivers. Thank God we didn't all kill people. He also said Clark has lived a law-abiding life, except for a fleeting moment on a rainy, dark night last January. Prosecutor Paul Smith disagreed with that characterization, saying Clark had made reckless driving part of his lifestyle.

MORE

See also:

Photo of Officer With Dying Horse Goes Viral
Dec 9, 2015 -- A Houston Police Department horse that was spooked by traffic noise died after being hit by a moving cement truck last Thursday in Houston.

Charlotte, a 6-year-old Tennessee Walker ridden by Officer D. Herrejon, was southbound in the center lane of Fannin near Congress at about 10:15 a.m. when a noise from behind startled her, Silva said. The horse turned to the side and backed into the front grill of a passing concrete truck in the next lane, she said.
"Her back legs were severely injured and she was put to sleep at the scene," Silva said.

Houston Police Officer D. Herrejon comforted the horse named Charlotte after she was struck by a moving cement truck last Thursday.​

In the days following Charlotte's death, a photo of an HPD officer embracing the dying horse has gone viral. A Houston Police spokesperson said the department is aware of the photo, but only knew that it was taken by a bystander. The officer embracing Charlotte was not Officer Herrejon, according to police, but rather his partner, as Herrejon had been taken to St. Joseph Hospital as a precaution.

After coming to the department untrained from Oklahoma, Charlotte spent four years with the mounted patrol. Of the department's 38 horses, 32 are assigned to patrol duty. The others are either unassigned or in training, Silva said. In a Facebook post announcing the horse's death, HPD said, "She loved her job and was always ready to go to work putting bad guys in jail or giving nuzzles to children."

Photo of Houston Officer With Dying Horse Goes Viral | Officer.com

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